Man in shootout with BART police charged with attempted murder

Police block off access to Grand Street from C Street while investigating the scene of an officer involved shooting behind the Hayward BART station in Hayward, Calif., Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.

Police block off access to Grand Street from C Street while investigating the scene of an officer involved shooting behind the Hayward BART station in Hayward, Calif., Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.

Photo: Anda Chu, Associated Press

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Police block off access to Grand Street from C Street while investigating the scene of an officer involved shooting behind the Hayward BART station in Hayward, Calif., Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.

Police block off access to Grand Street from C Street while investigating the scene of an officer involved shooting behind the Hayward BART station in Hayward, Calif., Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.

Photo: Anda Chu, Associated Press

Man in shootout with BART police charged with attempted murder

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A 27-year-old man who exchanged gunfire with BART police officers after he pushed a U-Haul truck with a body stashed inside on Christmas Day has been charged with attempted murder on police officers but so far faces no charges associated with the body found in the truck, according to court records.

Documents filed Wednesday show Charles Kyle Goetting, 27, was charged with attempted murder of a peace officer, assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Officers spotted Goetting pushing a white U-Haul truck into a parking stall at the basement level of the Hayward BART parking garage about 11 p.m. last Friday, BART Detective John Johnson declared in charging documents.

One officer noticed one of the truck’s windows was broken, and they contacted Goetting at the front of the parking garage to investigate a possible auto theft, Johnson said.

Goetting identified himself to officers, and a records check revealed he was on probation for burglary, selling drugs and gun possession.

As officers performed a probation search, he pulled a handgun out of his waistband and fired five times, striking Officer T. Eads in the arm, documents state. Officer Carlos Dazhan fired back and struck Goetting, who remained in the hospital under police guard on Thursday. Eads was treated and released.

Hours after the shooting, investigators found the body of 40-year-old Jason Anderson, whose last known residence was Bay Point, inside the truck. The coroner’s office would not say how Anderson died.

The incident is under investigation by BART police and the district attorney’s office. It was not immediately known how long Anderson had been dead.

Authorities said the license plates on the U-haul had been switched. BART Deputy Police Chief Jeffrey Jennings said police found a backpack in the truck that held a BB gun, a ski mask and burglary tools.